Folderblog 3 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/ Images from The Plastic Lens - toy camera images with that vintage plastic taste! © copyright 2007 - 2008 Cameron Stephen, all rights reserved en Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:44 -0700 theplasticlens@gmail.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/PaintedKeg/
From a wander around town last week with my brother. Taken in a side alley around from the well-known Hosier Lane, which has a veritable plethora of graffiti and stencil art textures on almost every surface.

Camera: Diana F +  Film: Fuji Pro 160S ]]>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:41 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/MumAndTheTree/
Dad planted this gum tree around about the time I was born. Yes it's that old! It's grown quite a bit taller than I have however. Mum loves this tree, she joked recently that a falling limb from it will probably take her out one day and that would be fine by her. Personally I think both the tree and her will outlast everyone.

Camera: Diana F+   Film: Agfa XPS 160 ]]>Fri, 02 May 2008 05:52:53 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/PinholeRose-02/
It's the day after worldwide pinhole photography day and I have had the roll from my Zero Image 2000 developed by our friendly local (relatively local) lab! This is one from reasonably late in the day, taken against the backdrop of our kitchen wall. It's the old dead rose thing again, but I like the lighting in this one, a lot. About a 3 minute exposure here, with makeshift illumination. I have still to finish the Diana + roll, but have some Polaroid Pinholga shots to scan, so you may see some of them too. I hope everyone had a productive pinhole day - if you would like to see how the family helped me spend this years pinhole day look at World Pinhole Day Family Fun, a Short Video
This image also seen in an article on WPPD on
fokussiert - an online German photography magazine and at the Film is not dead - it just smells funny website!

Camera: Zero Image 2000   Film: Agfa XPS 160 (expired) ]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:48:48 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/WeddingCoupleFedSq/
Another from the same batch as the previous image. I did not know these two lovely people but they kindly posed for my plastic camera before moving on for their professional wedding shots. The negative had a few scratches and 'developing artifacts' as I like to call them on it. Sort of adds a bit of a distressed look to the image...

Camera: Diana F+ with Ringflash Film: Fuji Pro 400H
]]>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:37:41 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/Seagulls_FedSq/
They are everywhere. The colour shift with this film was quite strange. This was taken with my Diana F+ 'pimped' with a ringflash attached. Just because I could!

Camera: Diana F+ with Ringflash Film: Fuji Pro 400H ]]>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:39:11 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/BlankWindow/
More railroad car paraphernalia from the same day and the same batch of expired integral film that this photo came from

Camera: Polaroid SX-70, expired Time Zero film. ]]>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:10:12 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/BlurredGirl/
I really need to chenge the php in this photoblog so that it asks me if I'm sure when I try and upload a file that has the same name as a pre-existing file on the site, in this case 'Girl' - as it will get a bit confused and bring the pre-existing image's description to the current post date but with the new, same-named image. Oh well. I'm not even sure if I'm good enough to hack Donald's coding to do that, but one day when I get the time I'll have a go at it.

Here is the (now) re-named Girl in a blurry sort of mood. The previous girl is the same girl, but from over a year ago, in black & white and not captured by a pinhole camera. Does any of this make sense?

Camera: Zero Image Pinhole 2000 Film: Agfa XPS 160 ]]>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:45:29 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/Girl/
My youngest looking a bit pensive ~ I'm sure it has nothing to do with her dad pointing weird looking old cameras at her all the time!

Taken with the Empire Junior with a polaroid close-up lens filter held in front. Film: C-41 process B & W stuff. ]]>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:32:28 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/Striations/
I'll let you people figure out what this is...
I hope everyone is healthy, happy and feeling creative.

Camera: Diana F+   Film: Fuji Pro 400H ]]>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:32:48 -0700 http://www.theplasticlens.com/index.php/image/DumpsterAbstract/
I'm between a 'Late' shift and an 'Early' shift, trying to catch up with stuff and scan negatives and the wife wants me to come to bed and I suppose I should because it is late...
Here's one I captured the other day, the side of a metal dumpster, in the city when I met with a few like minded Melbourne flickr group photo people for a photo walk.

Camera: Diana F+   Film: Fuji Pro 400H ]]>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:40:06 -0700